Early Intervention Therapy
We guide parents to access early intervention therapy through the New York State Bureau of Intervention for children from birth to 3 years old. We also provide private early intervention services for infants and toddlers who do not qualify for assistance under New York State early intervention guidelines. Services include educational, speech/language and social/emotional services.
Individualized Speech/Language Therapy
- Early language skills (especially children learning to talk and communicate)
- Language comprehension (how well a child can understand words and language)
- Fluency (how well and how comfortably a child can use language)
- Clarity and expression (how easily a child can communicate what he or she or needs
Social Communication Groups
Small groups of children, to help with the following skills:
- Greeting (saying “Hello” or “Good-bye”).
- Informing (saying “I’m going to get a cookie”)
- Demanding (saying “Give me a cookie right now!”).
- Promising (saying “I’m going to get you a cookie.”); or
- Requesting (saying “I want a cookie, please.”).
- Taking turns being a talker and being a listener.
- Letting others know the topic when you start talking.
- Trying another way of saying what you mean when someone does not understand you.
- Using gestures and body language.
- Knowing how close to stand to someone when talking.
- Using facial expressions and eye contact.
Speech/Language and Educational Evaluations
- Assessment of a child’s communication skills, including speaking, listening and social/language abilities
- Assessment of a child’s academic readiness skills (up to kindergarten); reading fluency and comprehension skills.
